e-NYAYAGANGA

SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION

“e-Nyayaganga” – a Pan-India Digital Legal Literacy Project of National Law Institute

University, Bhopal, under the aegis of the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice,
Government of India, amiably call for the National Short Story Writing Competition on the
glorious occasion of theNational Girl Child Dayon 24 January 2022.
The day is celebrated to spread awareness w.r.t. importance of girl child, their nutrition, their health,
their education, gender equality, social stigma against girl child and inequalities faced by girl child.
The theme of the event:
“The importance of Girl Child in every society and Nation Building”
Guidelines for submission:
1. The maximum word count is 1000 words;
2. The submissions are accepted in all Indian vernacular languages, including Hindi and English.
3. The story shall have a message on the importance of girl child in every society and nation-
building.
4. The story may emphasise any issue related to the patriarchal structure of society.
5. The story may include any social issue of recent times.
6. The story shall have a social message associated with the Government of India schemes and
policies.
Acknowledgement and Awards:

1st Prize 5000/- INR

2nd Prize 3000/- INR
3rd Prize 2000/- INR.
Certificate of Participation To All Participants
Process of selection of the winners:
1. The selection will be made by the constituted Screening Committee formed for this purpose.
2. The selected story will be published onthe NLIU, Bhopal website.
Nature and Deadline for Submission:
1. The story must be submitted on the link below in words file (doc/docx format) converted to PDF
format.
2. The formatting of the story shall be as follows:
Headings: Times New Roman, Bold Font, Font Size: 16, Line Spacing: 1.5
Body: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12, Line Spacing: 1.5
Footnotes: Times New Roman, Font Size: 10, Line Spacing: 1.0
3. The copyright of the Short Story will be vested to the NLIU, Bhopal.
4. Submissions are to be made only via the link attached to this Notification.
5. Last date of submission: 23 January 2022, till 02:00 PM.
6. Declaration of result and winners: 24 January 2022, 06:00 PM.
Link submission:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJXdPs6YkjdCclW7PQIdSo0UtzNn27xox7kVsvQ8bG
BidXIA/viewform?usp=pp_url
For any queries, kindly contact:
Research Associates:
Mr. Divyansh Shrivastava: +91- 9131755359
Mr. Shudhanshu Pratap: +91- 9454034500